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Indonesian vocabulary: adverbs

Often, quickly, already, maybe, very: the Indonesian adverbs that say when, how and how much.

Here are 100 Indonesian words on “Adverbs”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

IndonesianEnglish
lagiagain
hampiralmost
sudahalready
jugaalso
dengan burukbadly
di belakangbehind
lebih baikbetter
di lantai bawahdownstairs
di tempat lainelsewhere
jauhfar
akhirnyafinally
di sinihere
di depanin front
terlambatlate
sedikitlittle
lamalong time
mungkinmaybe
sementara itumeanwhile
banyakmuchQuantity, with a verb or a noun
lalunext
antara lainnotably
seringoften
di sebelah kirion the left
hanyaonly
di sanaover there
dengan cepatquickly
lumayanrather
benar-benarreally
begitu banyakso much
kadang-kadangsometimes
lurus terusstraight ahead
kemudianthen
demikianthus
hari initoday
besoktomorrow
terlalu banyaktoo much
dengan baikwell
kemarinyesterday

Level 2: medium 36 words

IndonesianEnglish
mutlakabsolutely
memangadmittedly
ke belakangbackwards
sebelumnyabeforehand
di bawahbelow
secara kebetulanby chance
pasticertainly
sepenuhnyacompletely
saat inicurrently
secara langsungdirectly
secara nyatadistinctly
dengan mudaheasily
sangat banyakenormously
pada dasarnyaessentially
teramatextremely
dahuluformerly
untungnyafortunately
terus terangfrankly
secara cuma-cumafree of charge
mulai sekarangfrom now on
segeraimmediately
di dalaminside
utamanyamainly
secara normalnormally
dengan sempurnaperfectly
secara permanenpermanently
kemungkinan besarprobably
jarangrarely
secara teraturregularly
secara relatifrelatively
dengan seriusseriously
secara sederhanasimply
agakslightly
semata-matasolely
tentunyasurely
sayangnyaunfortunately

Level 3: hard 26 words

IndonesianEnglish
secara mendadakabruptly
setiap tahunannually
kira-kiraapproximately
seketikaat once
dengan tenangcalmly
dengan hati-haticautiously
dengan benarcorrectly
dengan senang hatigladly
dengan jujurhonestly
dengan ramahkindly
setiap bulanmonthly
dengan berisiknoisily
sesekalioccasionally
dengan sengajaon purpose
dengan sopanpolitely
dengan santaiquietly
dalam waktu dekatshortly
tanpa suarasilently
dengan tulussincerely
tiba-tibasuddenly
secara sistematissystematically
untuk sementaratemporarily
biasanyausually
secara samarvaguely
tampak jelasvisibly
dengan susah payahwith difficulty

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Indonesian words on “Adverbs”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 59 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
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